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Conservatives head to Texas to try to build their own wall

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. What started as an online fundraiser to provide President Donald Trump with donations for his southern border wall has morphed into a new foundation whose members vow to build a wall themselves. The "We The People Will Build the Wall" campaign has surpassed $20 million since it was created in December by Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

HOUSTON (AP) — An effort that started as an online fundraiser to provide President Donald Trump with donations for his border wall has morphed into a foundation. And its members are vowing to build a wall themselves.

The campaign is called "We The People Will Build the Wall." It has surpassed $20 million since being created in December by Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage.

The online campaign has received almost 350,000 donations even as wall opponents deride the effort, and after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended with Congress refusing Trump's demand for billions in wall funding.

Whether a private group could build such as wall in South Texas remains to be seen. There are several legal and environmental obstacles.

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